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We study a DeGroot-like opinion dynamics model in which agents may oppose other agents. As an underlying motivation, in our setup, agents want to adjust their opinions to match those of the agents they follow (their ‘ingroup’ or those they trust) and, in addition, they want to adjust their opinions to match the ‘inverse’ of those of the agents they oppose (their ‘outgroup’ or those they distrus...